South Korea appeals court cuts jail term for ex-PM Han to 15 years in martial law case
The court upheld most convictions and said Han helped give Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law order a veneer of legitimacy, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, the Seoul High Court reduced former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's prison sentence to 15 years, cutting eight years from the original 23-year term imposed in January for his role in ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol's December 2024 martial law declaration.
- While maintaining most convictions, judges lessened the penalty after considering Han's "more than 50 years as a public official," finding insufficient evidence he actively conspired to lead the insurrection.
- Judges ruled that Han "abandoned the grave responsibilities" of his position by facilitating the martial law decree; he convened a cabinet meeting to implement the order before later presiding over a meeting to rescind it.
- Han's lawyers announced plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, while the former prime minister remains imprisoned since his initial sentencing in January.
- Associates of Yoon continue to face legal scrutiny, with the former president serving a life sentence for insurrection and former first lady Kim Keon Hee having her corruption sentence increased to four years last week.
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South Korean Court Reduces Former Prime Minister’s Prison Sentence to 15 Years
South Korea’s Seoul High Court on May 7 reduced the prison sentence of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo from 23 years to 15 years for his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed declaration of martial law in December 2024. The court affirmed key findings that Han helped facilitate Yoon’s measure and failed to oppose it. The ruling said that Han, 76, participated in actions that enabled Yoon’s brief imposition of martial law and later a…
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AlKhaleej TodaySouth Korean appeals court cuts ex-PM Han Duck-soo's jail term in martial law case
A South Korean appeals court reduced the sentence of former prime minister Han Duck-soo on Thursday by eight years for crimes relating to ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol's brief imposition of martial law in 2024.
South Korea's former Prime Minister Han Duck Soo has only been detained for 15 years instead of 23. He was convicted for his role in the proclamation of martial law at the end of 2024.
A South Korean court of appeal reduced the sentence of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Thursday from 23 to 15 years in prison for his involvement in the brief proclamation of martial law by former President Yoon Suk Yeol at the end of 2024. ...
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